Decisions of the General Assembly of the Confederation of trade Union Dynamique Unitaire of this Saturday January 7, 2017:

Considering the silence of the government in relation to the demands of D.U. and considering the forthcoming austerity measures (reduction of wages, cancellation of premiums, the general assembly decides the following: general strike in all the administrations on the entire national territory, beginning on Monday January 09th 2017 -Boycott of the AFCON 2017, which constitutes an obstacle to the satisfaction of the workers by the Government which prioritizes this AFCON; and the liberation of the other arbitrarily imprisoned citizens, including Bertrand Zibi and Landry Amiang.

English version Dear compatriots, Your dialogue begins on March 28, we are told. Have fun, the food will certainly be excellent and the drinks as well; but especially, the per diem will have to be significant because you would not go for nothing! We would just like, right now, to remind you of some principles; for when we will expose them to you after your dialogue, which will be a failure, do not say to us: "I did not know!" On democracy, political scientists say: "So worth the elections, so much is a nation." What does that mean? Simply that voting is a citizen duty, a sovereign power of the people to say yes or no to those who claim or want to lead them. In the case of Gabon, on 27 August 2016, the majority of Gabonese clearly said no to corruption, no to the profiteers, not to state banditry, not to monarchy; but yes to a new experience, yes to the rule of law, yes to competence, yes to pluralism etc... Not only did Ali Bongo rob th…